Science Launches to Space Station on NASA’s 20th Northrop Grumman Mission

A white robot about the size of a hand with two large fingers that end in metal probes faces a metal three-part panel with rubber bands stretched across it, which the robot is cutting. A lab worker and computer screens are blurred in the background.

Tests of a 3D metal printer, semiconductor manufacturing, and thermal protection systems for reentry to Earth’s atmosphere are among the scientific investigations that NASA and international partners are launching to the International Space Station on Northrop Grumman’s 20th commercial resupply services mission. The company’s Cygnus cargo spacecraft is scheduled to launch on a SpaceX Falcon … Continue reading Science Launches to Space Station on NASA’s 20th Northrop Grumman Mission

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